Metallic tie.



J. KESSLER.

METALLIC TIE.

APPLICATION FILED 00125. 1915.

1,1 88,660. Patented June 27, 19161.

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METALLIC TIE.

APPLICATION mm 0m. 25. 1915.

1,188,660. Patented June 27,1916.

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METALLIC TIE. APPLICATION FILED -0cT. 25, I915.

Paten ted June 27, 1916.

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METALLIC TIE. APPLICAHON FILED 6012s. 19!?)- 11 ,1 88,660, I Patented June 27, 1916.

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MBIA PMNOGRAPH 10., WASHINGTON n C JOHN KESSLER, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

METALLIC TIE.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Jane 27, 1916.

Application filed October 25, 1915. Serial No. 57,820.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN KESSLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilmington, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in metallic ties and means for securing the rails thereto. p

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to construct a metallic tie having a lower portion or compartment for receiving the roadbed which, when tamped within the same, will effectively hold the tie against movement in any direction, the upper portion of the compartment having arranged therein rail supporting members so constructed as to afford the desired amount of yieldability or elasticity of both the rails and ties, and novel means being provided for securing the rails upon the tie.

It is a still further object of the invention to construct a metallic railway tie of a horizontal member having its sides formed with oppositely extending flanges, to arrange removable members, in the nature of gates for the lower channels of the tie, so that the roadbed may be tamped within the said channel and closed therein by said gates, and to provide the upper channel with resilient rail supporting plates which are permitted a certain amount of yieldability when the weight of the'rolling stock is imposed upon the rail directlyover thesaid plates or to a joint of the rails which is arranged upon the said plates, and to provide belowthe said rail supporting plates,

set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement with rails secured thereon, Fig. 2 is a detail central vertical longitudinal sectional view through aportion of the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line '38, the; rail being shown in elevation, Fig.4 is a perspective view of the elements comprising the rail securing member, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the removable members or gates for thelower channel ofthe tie, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view illustrating a modification, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a member employed in connection with the rail receiving member dis closed in Fig. 6, Fig. Sis a central vertical transverse sectional View through the rail plate disclosed in Fig. 6, Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view through Fig. 6, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a modified form of one of the substantially U-shaped channel members, Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the employment of the device disclosed in Fig. 10 and further illustrating a slightly modified form of the rail receiving member, Fig. 12 is an approximately central transverse sectional view taken through the deviceillustrated in Fig. 11, but showing the application of a rail, Fig. 13 is a detail perspective view of a fur ther modified form of the device, Fig. 14

is a similar view of the railreceiving member d1sclosed in-Fig. 13, Fig. 15 is a transverse sectlonal view through the tie showing a still further modified form of the'rail.

receiving member'and the supports therefor, Fig. 16 illustrates a'modification which may be employed as a support for the rail receiving member, and Figs. 17, 18, 19 and 20 illustrate fragmentary perspective views of modified formsof the tie, Fig. 21 is a Y perspective view of a still further modified form of the rail plates.

As shown in the drawings the tie constructed in accordance with my invention is formed with a metallic member including 7 side members or flanges 1 and a connecting member or web 2. It will be noted that the flanges 1 are disposed vertically, and consequently the web 2 is arranged horizontally when the tie is in position on the road bed. The inner faces of the flanges 1 are thickest at their points of juncture with the web 2 and gradually decrease therefrom to the edges of said flanges, so that the side walls of the passages or channels from both the upper and lower faces of the web are beveled vertically. The lower channel, which, for distinction, is indicated by the numeral 3, is provided at its center with spaced connecting members t1- arranged transversely of the tie and which may be in the nature of angle members having their horizontal flanges riveted to the web 2. The sides of the channel 3, adjacent the ends thereof, are provided with oppositely disposed elongated slots or openings 5-5, and these openings are adapted to receive closing plates or gates 66. Each of the gates 6 is in the nature of a flat metallic plate having one of its ends formed with a lug 7 and its opposite end rounded in the nature of a barrel 8. The lower edge of each of the plates 6 from its opposite ends is cut away longitudinally, as indicated by the numerals 9 and 10, the end provided with the lip 7 being cut at a greater length than the end provided with the barrel 8, so that the lippedend may be inserted at an angle to one of the slots 5, and moved laterally of the tie until the shoulder 11 provided by the said cut-away portion contacts with the inner face of one of the sides of the channel 3 which will permit of the barrel end being swung beneath the web 2 to aline with the opening 5 in the opposite end wall of the channel and to be moved longitudinally to bring the barrel through the said second opening so that a securing element, prefer-- ably in the nature of a cotter pin 12 may be passed through the barrel to hold the gates upon the tie and the lip 7 into contact with the outer face of one of the sides of the tie, The purpose of the transverse members 4 is to divide the lower channel into three compartments, the central compartment being arranged between the said members 4, and a certain amount of the roadbed is adapted to be received in this compartment. The other or end compartments are open until after the gates are applied, as above described, and before the gates are arranged. upon the ends of the tie, a desired amount of roadbed is tamped in the said compartments and thereafter the gates are secured and by this arrangement it will be noted that the lateral, longitudinal or sinking movement of the tie will be effectively prevented.

-One form of the rail seats is indicated by the numeral 12, each of said members being of a length equaling the width of the tie, or the width of the upper compartment of the tie, and it should be here stated that in prac tice it has been found desirable to construct ties of a comparatively greater width than that of the ordinary ties. Each of the members 12 includes a flat face portion 13 hav ing its ends flanged, as at 15, and the outer faces correspond with the beveled or inclined side walls of the upper compartment of the tie which is indicated by the numeral 16. The flanges are also of a width equaling or, if desired, slightly in excess of the depth of the compartment 16 and the same snugly engage with the side walls or faces of said compartment. It is, of course, to be understood that the members 12 are only arranged at the opposite ends of the tie, and the flanges are provided with suitable opeir ings registering with similar openings in the side members of the compartment or channel 16 whereby rivets or similar securing elements 17 may attach the flanges 18 to the sides of the channel or compartment 16. The inner faces of the sides or flanges 15 from the lower edges thereof are grooved longitudinally, as indicated by the numerals 1818 the said grooves engaging with the side flanges 19 provided upon a truss or b'race'plate 20, and the said flanges 19 are secured to the flanges 15 of the members 12 as well as to the side members of the upper compartment 16 in any desired or preferred manner, such, for instance, as through the medium of rivets 21'. The member 20 is provided with transverse ribs 2222 which rest upon the upper face of the web 2 and likewise the member 12 is provided with transverse ribs or truss members 23-23 which are disposed directly above the ribs 2222 1 of the members 20 but which do not nor-- mally contact with the said member 20. The ribs 23-23, however, are adapted to contact with the said member 20 when the weight of the rolling stock upon the rail supported by the member 12 passes directly over the said ribs, so the top plate 13 of the member 12 is adapted to yield under pressure and thus impart the desired amount of resiliency or yieldability to the said member 12, and thus preventing violent shocks and jars which would necessarily occur in a non-yieldable structure. The members 12 and 20 between their ribs and sides are provided, adjacent their longitudinal edges, with elongated slots 2424. arranged in pairs, one pair being disposed at the central portion of each of the said members and the outer pair being arranged adjacent the ends and 20, I provide rail engaging members 27 and wedge members coaacting with the same which latter are indicated by the numerals 28. The members 27 include substantially rectangular shanks 29 which have their upper ends formed with laterally extending heads 30, the underfaces of the heads being inclined to correspond with the beveled up per faces of the flanges 25, of the rails 26. The shanks 29 are adapted to be snugly received within the registering openings 24 of the members 12 and 20 and to contact with the vside walls provided by the said slots, and the lower ends of the shanks 29 are formed with inturned portions or feet 31 which are adapted to underlie the plate 20. The wedge members 28 have the upper ends provided with heads 32 and are shaped to be snugly received within the slots 24 of the members 12 and 20 and force the members 27 laterally therein to bring the same into engagement with the flanges of the rails and their foot portions beneath the member 20. The contacting faces of the members 27 and 28, at the headed portions thereof, are provided with registering depressions 33-33, through which are passed suitable securing elements in the nature of'keys 34, and preferably the keys are of ductile or bendable material and one of the sides of the member 27 is provided withv a slot or groove 35 into which one end of one of the keys is bent, while the head 32 of the wedge 28 may be provided with a slot to receive the opposite bent end of the said key 34. Of course, the key need not necessarily be so constructed and arranged, but the same may be in the nature of a wedge which when forced through the registering depressions will spread the upper portions of the members 27 and 28 away from each other and so force the member 28 into tight contact with the outer wall of the slot 24, and the head 30 of the member- 29 into tight engagement with the flange 25 of the rail 26. It is, of course, to be understood that at least one pair of the connecting elements just described is arranged within one pair of slots 24 of each of the members 12 and 20 and as previously stated, the tie being of a comparatively great width the distance between the webs 23 and the ends 15 of the member 12. is sufficient to permit of the free movement of a rod such as a switch rod, so that the same may have a lateral portion eXtending through certain of the slots 24 of the member 12 to operate the switch point should the same be arranged upon one of the ties. Also the width of the tie permits of two of the rails being joined thereover, which feature is very desirable especially when the fact is considered that the rail ends being disposed centrally of the mem ber 12, both of said rails will move in'uni son with the yielding of the said plate, so

ceptible of embodiments in various forms of construction as is also the truss or supporting member therefor, and the numeral- 35 designates a rail supporting plate which may be rolled. Th1s member includes a flat face 36 which has adjacent its edges spaced pairs of laterally extending elongated slot-s 37 which are adapted to register with the slots 34 in the member 20. The plate 36 is bent upon itself at its ends providing underlying contacting portions 3838 and these members 38 are bent to provide angular sides 3939. The sides 39 are centrally formed with outwardly bulged portions 40 which reinforce the same as well as the end portions of the plate 36. The sides 39 are adapted to be arranged upon the outer faces of the sides of the'tie and thereby secured thereto preferably through the medium of rivets 41. It will be noted that the underface of the plate 36 is not provided with ribs, similar to the ribs 23 of the member 12, but in lieu thereof I arrange on the member 20 a longitudinally extending channeled member 42, the upper and horizontally straight face of which be ing spaced a slight but suitable distance from the underface of the plate 36, and the side flanges 43 of'the said member 42 being disposed inwardly of the slots 37 as well as inwardly of the slots 24 of the member 20. The sides 43 at spaced intervals are provided with outturned flange members in the nature of feet 44, the said 1 feet being secured preferably through the medium of rivets to the upper face of the member 20 between thev pairs of slots arranged there- 1n. to that previously described, and in this connection it is to be noted that the elasticity or yieldability of the rail supporting '1 plates or members relieves the said rail securing elements from undue strain, so that injury to the same will be effectively overcome. It has been found from'practice that it is not necessary for all of the said the securing element directly ahead will be tight upon the rail. This is to be considered an essential feature inasmuch as the rail fastening means in all metallic ties, with which I am acquainted, are impracticable, for the reason that the-same are l made fast and rigid with bolts, nuts and The rail connecting means is similar the like which do not yield to the elasticity of the parts to which they are connected and materially become worn or loosened.

In Figs. 11 and 12, the numeral designatesa rail seat substantially similar to that just described, the same being formed from a rolled sheet of metal and having its top 46 provided with the spaced pairs of openings 47 which are adapted to register with the openings 24 in the plate 20. The angular sides 48 are provided with centrally outturned or bulged portions 49 and are secured to the sides of the tie preferably by rivets 50. In lieu of the member 42 I pro vide a cross sectionally U-shape d channeled member 51, the horizontally straight top 52 of which being spaced asuitable distance below the plate 46 and the downturned angular sides 53 have their lower edges provided with a slight outturned flange 54. This flange is disposed in a line with the inner edge of the openings for the rail securing elements, and therefore no additional securing means are required for retaining the member 51 in proper position beneath the plate 46. The plate 46 upon its underface has its central portion of minimum thickness, the said plate gradually increasing toward the ends thereof, so that the elasticity of said plate is to be materially increased.

In Figs. 13 and 14 the rail supporting plate is indicated by the numeral 55, the same being provided with spaced pairs of elongated openings 56 which register with the openings 24 in the member and the ends of the said plate are flanged downwardly, as at 56, and receive the side members of the tie and are secured thereto by suit able rivets. This plate 55 also has its central portion upon its underface of a minimum thickness to provide for the elasticity there of. To provide an extension for the mem ber 55 to afford the rails a greater amount of bearing, the members 57 may have their vertical members riveted, as at 58, to the outer sides of the tie 1, and the horizontal portion 59 of each of said brackets being arranged flush with the upper face of the member 55 and the sides of said brackets, of course, aline with the sides of the member 55.

In Fig. 15 I have illustrated a rail supporting member, substantially similar to the member 12, and which is indicated by the numeral 60. The ribs 2323, however, in this instance, are dispensed with and the underface of the said member 60 at a suitable distance from the ends, is channeled longitudinally, as indicated by thenumeral 61, thus adding to the resiliency of the central portion of said member 60. The mem ber 42 is arranged below the face plate of the member 60, and is securel to the member 20. The widened ends of the members 60 rest directly upon the upper face of the member 42 so that only the channeled portion of said member is spaced from the said member 42.

In Fig. 16 I have illustrated a structure which may be employed in lieu of the mem ber 20 as well as in lieu of the members 43 and 51. This member, indicated by the numeral 62, includes. an angular or cross sec tionally L-shaped end, the horizontal members 63 of which being provided with openings whereby the same may be riveted to the Web of the tie, and the vertical members 64 of which are approximately centrally connected by a horizontally straight web or plate 65. The plate 65, upon it's'upper face, is provided with longitudinally extending ribs 66 which are spaced a distance from the vertical side members 64 equaling the width of the spike openings 67 which are provided in the plate 65 between the said ribs and the said vertical members 64 of the sides. Formed upon the bottom face of the plate 65 between the ribs 66 is a pair of spaced longitudinally extending rib members 68 that contact with the web 2 of the tie. The upper edges of the sides 64 and the upper ribs 66 are adapted to be spaced a suitable distance away from the underface of a rail supporting member similar to any previously described, and the openings 67 for the rail securing members are adapted to register with the openings in the said rail plate. It will be noted that the lower ribs 68 are spaced away from the inner edges provided by the openings 67 a distance sufiicient to receive the foot portions of the inner rail securing elements orv which, for distinction, may be termed the spikes.

In Fig. 17 I have illustrated a tie, substantially similar to that previously described, except that the connecting web 69 is disposed above the center or side members 7, so that the lower channel or compartment is of a greater depth than the upper channel or compartment.

In Fig. 18 the side members 71 of the tie comprise each a pair of angle irons, the horizontal members 72 of the same being pivoted to the connecting member or web 7 In Fig. 19 I have shown angle members 74 which comprise the sides of a tie and which have arranged upon the horizontal members thereof a plate 75 secured thereto preferably by rivets.

In Fig. 20 the tie includes an upper horizontally straight surface 7 6 and downturned right angular sides 77. I

In Fig. 21 I have illustrated a still further modified form of rail receiving plates which is primarily adapted to be received in the central. channel 65 in the structure disclosed in Fig. 16 and to have its flanged ends rest upon the horizontally straight wall provided by the channel. The connect ing plate or body 100 of the plate 101 has its underface scalloped or of an arcuate formation so that the same is of a minimum thickness at the central portion thereof, and

I claim 1s: Y

1. A metal tie including a horizontally straight web member and right angular side flanges integral with the web member extending in opposite directions therefrom to provide upper and lower channels, removable and swinging gate members at the ends of the lower channel, and means for securing said gate members to the tie to close the ends of said lower tie.

2. A metal tie including a central horizontal portion and right angular side mem-V bers formed therewith to divide the tie into an upper and a lower channel, spaced transverse members connectingthe sides of the lower channel adjacent the central portion thereof, and removable gates closing the ends of said lower channel.

3. A metal tie comprising a horizontally straight web portion and vertically straight side members extending in opposite directions from the said web and providing an upper and a lower channel for the tie, members closing the ends of the lower channel, resilient members within the upper channel and supporting a rail, means for limiting the downward movement of the resilient rail supporting members, and means comprising members associated with said rail supporting members and with the, said means for securing the rails to the tie.

4. A metal tie comprising a channeled member having sides disposed vertically thereof, and comprising upper and lower channels, the lower channel being divided into compartments, a transverse member secured in the upper compartment and provided with elongated openings arranged in pairs, a rail supporting member secured to the sides of the tie and spaced from the first mentioned member, said rail supporting member having elongated openings arranged in pairs and alining with the openings in the first mentioned member, a rail upon the said rail supporting member, and elements passing through the elongated openings of both the said members for se curing a rail upon the rail supporting member, as and for the purpose described.

5. A rail tie comprisng a member including a web and right angular flanges com prising sides connected with the said web, and dividing the tie into an upper and into a lower channel, members secured to the sides of the lower channel dividing the tie into compartments, a brace member in the upper compartmentconnected with the web at the sides thereof, a rail supporting'memberdisposed over the said brace member and secured to the sides of the tie and having its underface spaced from the upper face of the said 7 brace 'member, said rail supporting memberbeing constructed of resilient material, and means coaacting with the said member and with the said brace member for securing a 'rail upon the tie.

6. In a metallic tie and means for supporting a rail thereon, a tie member including a horizontally straight web portion, right angular flanges connected with the web and providing the sides of the tie and dividing the tie into an upper and into a lower channel, transverse members in the lower channel dividing the tie into compartments, brace members in the upper compartment, said members including side flanges resting upon the web of the tie, and intermediate rib members also resting upon the web of the tie, said brace members hav 1 ing spaced elongated openings arranged in pairs,'means for securing the said members to the sides of the tie, a rail supporting members and connected with the sides of the tie, said members having elongated openings registering with the openings in the brace members, means for connecting the said members to the mentioned brace members, said rail receiving members having their bearing faces yieldable, means between the brace members and the said rail receiving members for limiting the yielding movement of the rail members in a downward direction, and means comprising detachable elements passing through the registering slots for securing the rail upon the tie.

7. A metallic tie comprising a web member having angular sides forming an upper and a lower channel, transverse members dividing the lower channel into compartments and connected with the sides of the said lower channel, transverse members providing resilient rail seats in the upper channel, means, including transverse members in. said upper channel for limiting the yielding movement in a downward direction of the said rail supporting member, rail connect ing members between the supporting members and the means for limiting the yielding of the supports arranged in spaced pairs whereby the yielding of the support will permit'one of said members being brought out of contacting engagement with the flange of the rail while the other member'is in such contacting position with the said 'flange'of the rail.

8. In a metallic tie and means for securing the rail upon the tie, comprising a horizontally straight member having right angular flanges projecting from the opposite member disposed above each of the brace faces of said straight member, a rail support comprlsmg a reslhent member havmg flanges engaging with the inner face of the' flanges 0f the tie, a brace member in the upper channel of the tie and underlying andengaging the flanges 0f the rail supporting memberynaeans for securlng sald members to the tle, sald members havlng openmgs adjacent their edges which are arranged in spaced pairs and Which are adapted to re- 10 WM. D. AU TIN, RATHMELL WV, RAMBO, Sr.

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